Video by Sgt. Brayden Stephan | Michigan National Guard | 08.06.2025
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 919th Inland Cargo Transportation Company (ICTC) operate the Enhanced Container Handling Unit (ECHU) and conduct sling load training during Northern Strike 25-2 at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 6, 2025. ICTC Soldiers move critical supplies, including fuel, ammunition, food, water, medical supplies, and spare parts from ports, depots, and distribution......
Video by Staff Sgt. Marie Bryant | Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office | 06.09.2025
Arkansas National Guard Soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 185th Assault Helicopter Battalion, conduct sling load training with Alpha and Bravo Batteries, 1st Battalion, 206th Field Artillery Regiment, at Fort Chaffee, Ark., June 9, 2025. The exercise trains artillery crews on rigging six M119 Howitzers to UH-60 Black Hawks and the participating aviation crews on executing precision......
Video by Senior Airman Leonid Soubbotine | 23rd Wing | 08.29.2024
Airmen from 820th Base Defense Group, 41st Rescue Squadron and 347th Operations Support Squadron trained together at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Aug. 29, 2024. The event was conducted to certify HH-60W Jolly Green II air crews on sling load procedures. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Leonid Soubbotine)...
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Heuston | Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office | 06.10.2024
Sling Load training brings the air and the ground sides of the Arkansas Army National Guard together. Sgt. Joseph McConnell, crew chief and UH-60 Black Hawk repairer, explains what makes sling load training with 1st battalion 206th field artillery regiment special. (Video by Arkansas Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Jim Heuston)...
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Heuston | Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office | 06.06.2024
The Arkansas Army National Guard conducted sling load training, during annual training at the Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, June 9, 2024. The exercise saw the air and ground sides of the Arkansas Army National Guard, the 1st battalion, 185th assault helicopter battalion and the 1st battalion 206th field artillery regiment training together in the "Walk" phase of their......
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Heuston | 119th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.06.2024
Soldiers with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 206th Field Artillery Regiment train for an artillery air raid but conducting the "walk" phase of their sling load training at the Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center, Jun 6, 2024. Sgt. Jordan Sanders, Sgt. Celeste Vargas, and Spc. Kaydence Sellers, cannoneers with the Alpha battery, 1st battalion, 206th field artillery regiment, explain what......
Video by Staff Sgt. Darius Sostre-Miroir | 920th Rescue Wing | 07.26.2023
920th Logistics Readiness Squadron rescue riggers partnered with the 301st Rescue Squadron to perform sling load training at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, July 26, 2023. A sling load is used to transport various types of cargo to remote locations or to expedite shipments into austere environments while suspended beneath the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. The process involves precise......
Video by Airman 1st Class Derrick Bole | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 02.16.2023
The 158th prepares a U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk for take off. The MacDill Air Force Base Deployment Cell and the 158th Army Aviation Regiment practice sling load operations here. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Derrick Bole)...
